Highlights
New Chapter
A new chapter details the events of the past decade, including the disintegration of Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union, the expansion of NATO, and the creation of the euro.
Focus on the Role of Women
The Fifth Edition pays special attention to the experiences of women in twentieth-century Europe. Notable examples include women’s entrance into the academy in the late nineteenth-century, the "new woman" of the post World War I era, Nazi policies towards motherhood and the responsibility of women to the state, feminist movements in Britain and France, and the effect of the collapse of Communism on eastern European women.
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